Spray for bugs infinite loop fix

Maybe a moderator can post a @ to a simguru that does bug testing. I don't know who does bug testing. Thanks.

Note to anyone interested, in case they don't fix the bug. All flowers and herbs carry the bug, either from seed packets or harvested from wild plants.

That's some pretty fancy detective work, figuring out how to tell which plants have the bug. Good work! So what do you do, just delete them in build/buy?

Yes, just sell the plant in build/buy. I didn't test the herbs from Granite Falls because I haven't sent my sim on vacation there yet.

I figured it out after 5 or more new games using sims from my gallery and newly made sims. I wasn't happy when I found the bug because I had a greenhouse of every flower in the game and they were all bugged. So I can't make another flower greenhouse until they fix the bug.

Eta. Actually I had a greenhouse for all the plants used in cooking on stoves and grills, a potion greenhouse that had all the plants used for making potions, and a flower greenhouse.

These are the plants that I kept after the purge.
https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/6055AE44A0A111EA8A5D1879A75FAFC3?category=all&searchtype=ea_origin_id&sortby=downloads&time=all&searchquery=INDYANNA2&max=50&maxis=false

Looks like you could avoid the bug pretty easily if you're right. Put your plants in the ground instead of in planter pots. That will get rid of one of the green squares.

I was wondering if others had this problem. I found my own solution for my game. I narrowed it down to placement.

For me this happens on any plant at random. First I reset the plant by right clicking. I have to reset twice. Once to get the Sim to stop spraying and again to reset the plant. If reset does not work then I figure the placement is messed up. It may be too close to another plant or on a weird angle. If I go into buy/build and move the plant to an open area the bugs either go away because they got sprayed or my Sim can spray without a problem.
I figure that some plants just need more space.

The last time it happened I had a lily in the corner of a fenced in garden with a fruit tree on the outside of the fence. There was no space between the lily and the tree just the fence. The lily wigged out with the infinite loop so I moved it and it was fine. The time before that it was a ufo plant in a planter box with 3 other plants in a row with 4 boxes in all. For some reason ufo plants don't like it in there unless it's on the outside of the end box. It was a homemade box made by my Sim.

This spray for bug infinite loop happens a lot in my game especially if I forget that I have the moo cheat enabled and move a plant and place it. I found out that trees need a least one space between them and another plant. Most other plants need a whole tile and can sit right next to another plant even in a corner if I angle the corner plant. I just need to remember trees need more space.

This may be a bug with seeds for some but for me MY SPRAY FOR BUGS INFINITE LOOP can be fixed by resetting the plant twice and/or moving the plant.

I really don't know why I was thinking that the Devs should fix their broken planters. I can turn off seasons, stop building greenhouses and plant in the ground. I can start using the MOO cheat and other cheats so I can reset my sims, plants, whatever. Why report bugs? I can save myself money and not buy anymore packs since I'll have to turn them off to play parts of the game that is broken.